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Strandquist, Minnesota

City in Marshall County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Strandquist

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 28 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Strandquist

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Strandquist, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Strandquist, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Strandquist, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

HallockHCO

At an airfield/29.0 mi away/820 ft/244 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank719of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Karlstad 0.2 SSWMN-KT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/1,052 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GreenbushGBHM5

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/1,066 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Karlstad - Kittson, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.3 mi from Strandquist, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:06 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 35.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Karlstad - Kittson: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KITM5FIG. B THE AIR AT KARLSTAD - KITTSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 37.0 F, 35.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEKarlstad - Kittson, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP KITM5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KITM5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (336 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Karlstad - Kittson, north up: blowing from 336 degrees, the north northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KITM5FIG. C THE WIND AT KARLSTAD - KITTSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 336°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKarlstad - Kittson, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP KITM5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KITM5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,043 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.81 inHg and the temperature at 55.3 F; it reports 37.0 F, 18.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Karlstad - Kittson stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,043 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.81 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KITM5FIG. D WHERE KARLSTAD - KITTSON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREKARLSTAD - KITTSON4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,043 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.81 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED37.0 FTITLEKarlstad - Kittson, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP KITM5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KITM5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Karlstad - Kittson, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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